This is an analysis of the poem Xi: Epode that begins with:

Not to know vice at all, and keepe true state,
Is vertue, and not Fate:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddXXefgXaahhffXXXXXXXXXXhhXXiijjkXXjhhkkkklXmmXXXXllccmmjcXXgglliieeXcaannffmmXXbbXXhhaaXXccddjjXXnnkknnddXXjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 117,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111111 01111 101100111 101110 1001111011 111101 1101011101 010111 1111011001 111110 1001110111 110100 01001010101 101000 0101010101 101100 101001011 011111 10110101110 1101110 1101010110 110100 1111000111 111111 10010011010 1111010 10010101100 1111010 1100100101 111101 0111011111 011101 1101010110 011001 1010010101 111101 01111101010 1011110 1001010111 110101 01110110101 111010 0010010111 110111 1011011101 101101 00010111010 11011110 1111110101 0111010 01010101111 0101001 100111110 01100 11011001100 110100110 01111101010 1101010 101111111 101101 011111101 110111 11010001010 110001 0101001111 110111 1111111111 101111 1100111101 1101101 0111010011 111111 1111010111 101101 1100101111 111101 1101110100 0111011 1111010101 111111 1011011100 010100 1111110110 110100 1101011110 10111 1111010101 011101 11111100100 0111110 1101010111 100101 01001111001 110101 110101000110 1101100 1101001101 111101 01010100001 101001 1011001110 1101010 11010101110 1101100 0101000111 100101 001100010010 1101010 11010000101 000101 11010111001 010101 11001011010 010101 10011001010 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 373
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, by, as are repeated.

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  • summary of Xi: Epode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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